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Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marin Raykov sent letters of condolences to the First Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and to the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Marin Raykov sent letters of condolences to Mohammad Reza Rahimi, First Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on the natural disasters that occurred in the region in recent days.
17 April 2013
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marin Raykov sent a letter of condolences to the President of the United States
“Bulgaria expresses its full support and sympathy to the families of the victims and expresses its hope that the injured will make a speedy recovery,” Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marin Raykov said in a letter of condolences to United States President Barack Obama in response to the explosions in Boston on Monday.
16 April 2013
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the process for lodging and processing applications for voting abroad at diplomatic missions
In regard to the statement by Mr Lyutvi Mestan, president of the Central Council of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, about incorrect information being provided about the number of applications for voting outside the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs makes the following clarifications:
16 April 2013
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marin Raykov held talks with Russian Ambassador Yuriy Isakov
“Bulgaria and Russia are strategic partners and have a long-standing and special relationship,” Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marin Raykov said at the meeting. He emphasised the importance of the South Stream project for Bulgaria and for the whole region.
15 April 2013
Deputy Minister Ivan Naydenov participated in an informal meeting of SEECP
The joint building of a region of stability, security and prosperity in South East Europe, in which European values and laws are implemented, is an immutable foreign policy priority for Bulgaria.
11 April 2013
Prime Minister Marin Raykov met with representatives of the Bulgarian Cultural Club – Skopje
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marin Raykov met on April 11 2013 with representatives of the Bulgarian Cultural Club – Skopje.
11 April 2013
The situation on the Korean Peninsula remains tense
In the assessment of the Embassy, at the moment there is no immediate increased risk or danger to Bulgarian citizens present and residing in the Republic of Korea or who intend to travel to that country.
10 April 2013
Ivan Sirakov presented the Golden Laurel Branch award to the Iraqi Ambassador to Bulgaria
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ivan Sirakov, today presented the Bulgarian diplomatic service’s sign of honour, the Golden Laurel Branch, to the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq, HE Saad Mohammed Rida Mohammed Ali.
09 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher will remain forever in history as an inspirational leader of the Free World
This was said in a letter of condolences sent today by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Marin Raykov to British Prime Minister David Cameron on the death of Baroness Thatcher.
08 April 2013